Russia launches hundreds of drones and missiles against Ukraine in fresh attack
The attack comes in the same week Vladimir Putin met Donald Trump in Alaska for a meeting that kickstarted a diplomatic push to stop the three-year war.
The attack mostly targeted western regions of the country, the air force said, where much of the military aid provided by Ukraine's Western allies is believed to be delivered and stored.
The strikes killed at least one person and injured 15 others, according to officials.
The Russian Defence Ministry said that its forces had carried out strikes overnight on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, among other targets.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said several missiles were aimed at a US-owned business in western Ukraine "producing everyday items like coffee machines".
The Ukrainian leader said this attack shows the world that Russia is acting like "nothing has changed at all".
It was Russia's third largest aerial attack this year in terms of the number of drones fired and the eighth-largest in terms of missiles, according to official figures. Most of these Russian attacks have hit civilian areas.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has kept up its attacks with domestically produced long-range drones on infrastructure inside Russia that supports Moscow's war effort.
Among other targets, it has hit oil refineries, and Russian wholesale gasoline prices have reached record highs in recent days.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia struck a "major American electronics manufacturer" in western Ukraine.
He provided no further details but Mr Zelenskyy said the company produces domestic appliances.
Western parts of Ukraine are far from the battlefield's front line in the east and south of the country, where a grinding war of attrition has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides.
The strikes occurred during a renewed US-led effort to reach a peace settlement following Russia's February 2022 invasion of its neighbour.
US President Donald Trump discussed the war with Mr Putin in Alaska last week, and at the start of this week hosted Mr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House.
Ukraine and European leaders have accused Mr Putin of stalling in ongoing peace efforts, including Ukraine's proposal of a ceasefire and Mr Zelenskyy's offer to sit down with the Russian leader.
The Kremlin has reacted coolly to those possibilities.
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